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Letters Patent No; 78,088, -datcdiMag/i 19, 1868;-antedated May :1.24,1868.`

IMPRovnnnnT In corren-commerce.

rlgrhule 'referia 4in in tipstttttts atmt inn uniting part nf tip. time.

Be it known that L L. HNIBERSON, of Manson, in the co'untyof Warren, andin the Stat-e ofNorth Carolina,

llave invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cotton-Cultivctorsand I do hereby declare that the followine to thc letters ot" referencemarked thereon, i r\ which-f- Figure 1 is a planlvielw,.and w l Figureisa side elevation.

The nature ot'l my Ainvention consists in the manner of arranging theadjustableplonghshares,in' combinalis a full, clcai-,and-exactdescription thereof, .reference being had to thc accompanying-drawings,and

tion with the driving-Wheels and b'evel-gearn'heelsvfor operating thehoes or thinn'ers,.and the manner of adjnsting the'same, as hereinafter''more fully described,

`To enable others skilled in thc art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its` construction and operation /In theconstruction of my invention, in gd, is vthe framework or foundation 'ofthe machine, which is made of bars of wood, in size to snit, and ofany-,adapted shape required, and which is. placed on driving-wheelshaving 4 an axle passing ,through the frame, and 'en which is placed abevel-gear wheel, ivhich operates on a spur-gear Y `wheel on the end of.a shaft into which-are firmly set the hoes, and whchshaft has'itsbearings in the cross-pieces To designate the parts in g. 1, A'A A A isthe frame; BB, thedriviug-wheels5 C, the axle; the

driving-gear wheel; VE,ithespiar-,gear wheel; F, the shaft to which itis attached; I G and H', the hoes or thinners'. Atthe one end ofrthisframe are'twoploughs EE, or shares, placed parallel to eachother, andtheportion of the frame-to which they are attached is hiugedto' themainpart of the beam by hinges a a, to allon the-ploughs when not operatingto be; turned up outbf the way, so that the machine can be moved overthe lfield without the ploughs operating, and when itisvdesired to placethe plougbs in position to act on the soil, the operator' or driver,`who maybe on a seat' placed on and above 'the frame, oat the handles ofthe machine, pulls the straps 6 11, which' 'are attached to the portionof the'frame to which theplonghs are attached, drawing them `down soasto'enter the.

lsoil, when` thespri'ngs-.c ccatchon -pins dd, and rmly hold thenxvinplace, und causc'them to do `their works' The catch-springs c-care 'alsoheld in'position by springs; e let into the frame A, or by any o theiform of con-` venient spring. tll'hen the -plough's are'tobe -raisedandturned up,'so as not to operate, I simply detach the springs.: c',and tnrnlthe endsof the beams up', which lifts tlie plonghs with themout ofthe nay of operating.

`Sprin'gsff assist'in sol'doing.'r H H are the handles ofthe ploughljThe hoes mayV bemade of any, suitable form and size I-may choose to makethem for tho purpose intended. Ima'y Aso construct my rnachine forlightpurposes of cultivation that I may use but one driving-wheel andhandlcswvithout the seat; also, so construct the same'that boththeploughs and the cutters may be thrown out of geur when"reiziuiredi4 yi f v l l'n'the operation-of myinvention, having vconstructed it asset-forth, the wheels are about tvvelve-inches apart, and the ploughsabout the same; thus leaving betweenpthe-plo1ighs, .when properlyregulated, a streak of ground orrow of cotton, from three 'to twelveinches'in width, undisturbed by the ploughs, When powerA is applied .tothe machine, andY itiisput to use as a cotton-cultivator, the machine ismade to str addle the row of. cotton, running the share as near to therow of cotton on each side as is'practicable to do, the driving-wheelsmay he made toi-un in'the track of theploughs-crotherivise, if foundmore convenient- Motion is given-to the hoes by means of the cog-gearwheels, causing the same to revolve, and at each revolution cutting ontof4 the row of cotton the width of each hoe, leaving one, two, orthreect'ocks `of cotton, thus bringing the ron' tothe properstaridnhichnis desired to let it remain for future cultivation.

vThe hoes may be made of any convenient shape; and set atthedistances'apart required.

Whena' seat is used, the driver being seated'n itwill be able to drivethe team, and guide and control the i machine, and vwhen he may Wish tor-aisethe ploughs, so that they can not opera-te on the soil,`hedetachesthc end H, c'ontru'oted substantially a@ describedQand ospring-eatch from the pixi andturhs up thejoint-end of the fra. and whenhe desires to use the ploughs he can do so b plough: downAiuto-position,when-the springto their work. j The 'gearing can be` thrown out whenHaving thus fully described the co desire to secure by Lettes Patent,is-

The adjustable'hinged pleughsl E E', in combination with the geamyheelsD and E; 'shaft F, andhoes G peretng as and forthepurposes set forth'.4eseribed improvements, I have hereunto signed my name, this 7th day meand plough resting back on 'the main frame, y opratingthe' straps' orchains, which will throw the catch will firm-ly -hold against the pins,

desired, .ma gh-enges' win'noijopem. nstruction and operation of myinvention,

` In testimony that I claim the above-d of ingang/186 l L. HENDERSON.Witnessesr WM, WALLACE WHITE, Jo. C. CLAYTON.

and-hold the-ploug'hs firmly i whatl claim as new, and

